Cylinder Seal

B8970

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8970
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Shell
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, center of shell (recent sea shell)

PBS XIV: Archaic scene in two registers. In the upper register, twelve nude figures with bird like heads, march in single file toward a gate after the style of the warriors on the archaic base from Tello. In the lower register, there are several figures of men and animals on either side of a gate or a net, fastened by ropes (?). Cyl. seal. Shell, 34 ½ x 22 mm. A piece is broken off. Shatra, 1890.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 197 - Other Number | P263787 - CDLI Number

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